We always called the * a "splat".
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On 11/18/2011 7:02 AM, McKown, John wrote:
Since it is now Friday, how about
/ is a solidus, aka a slash
\ is a reverse solidus, aka a backslash
# is an octhothrope, aka a hash mark or pound sign. Not to be confused with "pound
sterling" sign.
! is a "bang" - I learned that long ago in college on a Xerox Sigma 7 system.
#! is normally pronounced "shebang" in UNIX. I guess a verbal slurring of "hash
bang" together.
When speaking, I often say "square bracket" and "curly brace" (open or close) just
because people often don't know a brace from a bracket from a parenthesis. And let's not even talk about
carets ^. And what is the proper word for that PL/1 "not" sign ¬ ?
I never heard of "broken brackets" for< and>. Just "less than" and "greater
than".
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Brackets? Oh, you mean parentheses: ( )
Brackets are: [ ] (not "square brackets", just "brackets")
Braces are: { } (not "curly braces", just "braces")
Another common use for obscure terms.
When I was in high school English brackets was an acceptable term.
When I took FORTRAN brackets was an acceptable term.
When I took C square brackets and curly (brackets or braces)
were acceptable terms.
My profs used them.
Why, after almost 40 years, why do we have more retroactve
corrections?
Like that other TLA, that shall remain nameless, even though
it was used for almost 15 years before some self-appointed
pedants started taking upon themselves to preach.
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